Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Same scanner and same experience here - I never use vuescan as a result - too tedious too Phx Lluis Ripoll wrote: > Nathan, > > Just to add to my previous e-mail, I want make a try, did you test > the same on color slides?. > > I have an Epson 3170, I've tried Vuescan and not encountered > advantages to the Epson software... > > Saludos cordiales > Lluis > > El 25/10/2008, a las 19:43, Nathan Wajsman escribi?: > >> I just scanned my first roll of film since this spring, and it was >> also the first time I used my V700 with my new iMac. So I had to >> download the latest version of the Epson software, and it kicks ass! >> The quality seems better than before, and it is much more user >> friendly. The best bit: after placing the two film strips in the >> film holder (i.e. 8 images, half of a roll of 120 shot with 6x4.5), >> the preview screen automatically showed all 8 images in the correct >> sequence. I could adjust the cropping and the exposure for each >> image, and then let it rip while doing something else. >> >> The other change I made was to use the maximum optical resolution of >> the scanner, 6400 ppi. Before, being constrained by my desktop PC >> and its 2 GB of RAM, I used to scan at 3200 to keep the file size >> down. But no more. Even though the images are mainly destined for >> the web, the improvement is clearly visible when I work on the >> images in Photoshop. >> >> I used to be a big fan of Vuescan, but this new Epson software means >> that I will not need to install Vuescan on my iMac. >> >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.nathanfoto.com >> >> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >